Le Petit Bouillon review: our verdict
New owner, new name, same walls: the former Brasserie Nicole has become Le Petit Bouillon, a Parisian bistro right down to the music. The cozy decor maintains the illusion, and the menu aligns the classics of the genre: onion soup, beef tartare, steak, carpaccio of fish, shrimp on avocado, and even fondue.
You sit down with family or friends, in the air-conditioned dining room or on the terrace, avenue Hassan Souktani, for a French meal without ceremony. The welcome varies, smiling one day, colder the next. Above all, you must accept a share of the gamble in the kitchen: the carpaccio of fish may shine one evening and come out oily and bland the next, the monkfish sometimes lacks flavor, and the fondue arrives with a very meager garnish. On evenings when everything is held together, tartare and steak do justice to the brasserie.
The dish to order: the onion soup, gratinated as it should be and generous as an appetizer. The trap: the fondue, whose accompaniment leaves you hungry. The good tip: stick to the meat classics rather than the fish.
